Locksmith
Help with locks and keys
Choosing a service is easier when you know what each one actually changes. Rekeying changes the key, replacement changes the hardware, repair keeps what you have working, and installation adds something new. The sections below sort our work along those lines.
Lockout Services
Locked out, key snapped off, a door that will not open after a break-in.
Home Lockout ServiceSomeone pushed the privacy button on the bathroom door and pulled it shut behind them, leaving the room locked and empty.
Business Lockout ServiceAfter last night's power flicker the card reader beside the clinic door shows nothing.
Broken Key ExtractionThat key had been bending a little for years, and you kept straightening it.
Break-In Damage Lock RepairThe back door looks closed until you touch it.
Seized & Jammed Lock OpeningThe old mortise lock on the front door of the house turns the key halfway and stops with a dull clunk.
Lost Keys — Same-Visit RekeyThe lawyer's envelope held two keys for the new house.
Change or Rekey Locks
The right lock for a home is the one you will actually use every time.
Lock RekeyingOne key for the front door, another for the back, a third for the side door into the garage, and a fourth for the shed.
Deadbolt InstallationYou moved in three weeks ago.
Lock Replacement & UpgradeSomeone tried the back door while you were away.
Vintage Mortise Lock ServiceThe old skeleton key still fits the keyhole, but it now needs a jiggle, a lean on the door and a little luck before the bolt moves.
Smart Lock InstallationThe deadbolt is a stiff double-cylinder model that needs a key from both sides, and in the dark hallway finding it is a nuisance.
Gate & Building Entry LocksThe padlock on the side gate has gone stiff every winter for three years running, and this year the key simply will not turn past the first few pins.
Mailbox Lock ReplacementThe property manager mentioned that half the compartments in the lobby's mailbox panel are original to the building and are starting to fail one by one, key by key, as tenants turn over year after year.
High Security Locks
For homes, high security usually means a graded deadbolt, a patented cylinder and long screws into the frame.
Safe Opening & Combination ChangePry marks circle the dial after an overnight break-in attempt, and the safe now refuses every number that used to open it, as if something inside has locked itself down.
Safe Installation & ServicingA homeowner inherited a heavy old dial safe from a parent's house, moved it into the new place, and has no idea whether the bolt-work still works, whether the lock is sound, or how it should be anchored.
High Security LocksThe restricted keys you bought years ago are no longer restricted; the locksmith mentioned the patent has run out and blanks are sold openly.
Commercial Locks
Clinics and pharmacies, schools and daycare rooms, offices with confidential files: these premises need doors that lock reliably and also release instantly from inside.
Commercial RekeyingThe manager's key ring went missing somewhere between the bank and the car, and the master on it opened every door in the building.
Master Key System DesignA new hire at the shop gets handed whatever spare key happens to be in the drawer, and it turns out to open the stockroom, the back office and the safe room all at once.
Access Control InstallationSomething went missing from the storeroom over a weekend, and when you ask who was in the building, the honest answer is anyone with a key.
Panic & Exit HardwareThe fire inspector's note is blunt: the banquet hall's second exit still turns on a deadbolt, and the crowd it is rated to hold needs a door that opens under one motion, no key involved.
Commercial-Grade Lock ReplacementThe key to the office entrance turns with almost no resistance now, and some mornings the deadbolt does not fully retract until someone jiggles the handle and tries the key again.
Car Keys
Automotive services cover the vehicle side of our work: getting you in when you are locked out, replacing or duplicating keys and remotes, freeing a key that broke off, and repairing an ignition that fights you every morning.
Car Lockout ServiceYour toddler is buckled in the back seat, the doors locked when you shut yours, and your keys are on the front seat beside your phone.
Car Key ReplacementAfter fifteen years the blade has worn to a smooth sliver.
Spare Car Key DuplicationThe paperwork for the used car changed hands last week, and the previous owner mentioned, almost as an afterthought, that a second key never turned up.
Key Fob ProgrammingButtons on the fob still light up and the remote still clicks, but the vehicle refuses to start even with the fob sitting in the cupholder.
Transponder Key ProgrammingEvery key that ever opened the car is gone at once, one taken with a stolen bag, the spare misplaced months ago and never replaced.
Ignition Lock RepairHalf the key is still in your hand.
Vehicle Lock RepairThe button on your key fob does nothing now: no beep, no flash of the lights, no click from the doors.
Motorcycle & Scooter KeysA copy cut at a hardware kiosk turns the ignition on some mornings and skips it on others, occasionally sticking halfway and needing a wiggle that the original key never required.